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11-13-2007, 10:43 PM
| | |  Microsoft prototype works like Weasley Clock
We all know about the famous Weasley clock, which tells us where each member of the respective family is. Now, Microsoft Research Cambridge has developed a prototype that works in a similar way! Quote:
"You can buy a service on your phone to keep track of your kids. There is even talk about putting electronic chips into kids, which is not what we want to do at all," said Abigail Sellen, senior researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge.
"We wanted to build a device that was not too intrusive into people's lives, but at the same time recognized the importance of reassurance in a family."
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The Whereabouts Clock is a modified tablet PC that uses signal information from mobile phones and the network to locate family members. To use it, family members download a software application to their mobile phone.
After the software is installed, the first time a person arrives at work, home, or school, she presses the button in the application corresponding to those locations. That tells the software program to lock in on the signal from the nearest mobile phone tower and stores its ID.
You can read the full article here: Discovery News : Discovery Channel
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11-14-2007, 10:04 PM
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I think thats horrible! First chips, whats next they gonna do to us? We¨re not dogs so they can put chips in us!
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11-15-2007, 12:20 AM
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Putting electronic chips into kids, that would be one of the worst things I could ever imagine! This is just a bit too much for the real world.
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11-15-2007, 12:42 AM
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*grumbles* I'd rather have the real Weasley Clock.
Guess I know what to ask Santa for.
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11-15-2007, 02:41 AM
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Uh-Oh...Then They will see my every move!! O:
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11-15-2007, 04:03 AM
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thats pretty cool
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11-15-2007, 06:25 AM
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I think it's cool, if only for the "Weasley Clock" factor. While I can see where lo-jacking your kids might be nice some days, I don't foresee this becoming a really popular tool for families. Most people in North America still believe they have something resembling privacy. (Shh, don't tell them the truth, they don't want to know. hehehe)
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11-15-2007, 08:06 AM
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Er, wouldn't it just be easier for parents to get those mobile phones which have those dot things on a GPS-like map (such as Boost Moble)? From the sound of it, it works by the cell-phone holder pressing a button signaling where they are, and if so I don't think this thing will be of much use to people that happen to have... um, difficult or rebellious teens. Simply because it would be very easy for the person to simply just not press the button. In my opinion, Microsoft needs to revise their operating-mechanism a little. Maybe follow Boost Mobile's example, and make this thing automatically lock onto the signal AND program it to automatically refresh when said person's location changes, or else something similar.
Personally, I still believe in everyone's right to SOME level of privacy in their lives, and I really can't say that I condone this type of stuff. First it was binoculars, then amplifier devices that people can use to zero in on peoples conversations from across the street, and now this tracking business. I really can't help but to wonder what's next. X-ray satellites to spy on us all through roofs of buildings, basements and vehicles 24/7/365? *Shakes head*
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